Significant increase in the number of asylum seekers in Sweden

Wednesday, 23 October 2013
After Sweden granted permanent residency to some Syrians recently, the
country has become a magnet for refugee. The mount of asylum seekers
flocking here has been described as the highest number ever seen since
the Balkan war.

For more than 20 years Sweden has not seen this amount of people
seeking shelter as refugees, the Swedish Migration Board said in
a forecast of people expected to come into the country this year.

According to Swedish television which has been broadcasting news
reports about the issue and chatting with immigration officials, there
will be more asylum seekers coming to Sweden this year compared to the
past 20 years. Therefore the Swedish Migration Board is significantly
writing up its forecast for this year.

Since the situation is Syria is still untenable that would
means more asylum seekers coming to Sweden as Sweden has also
shown that it is able to extend a caring hand of good faith
to them. Between 1,500 and 2,000 people are said to apply for asylum
here each week.

This means that the Swedish Migration Board, according to Swedish
television expects that many more refugees will come to Sweden this
year than previously thought. Around 55,000 people is the number being
placed on that - the highest number since the Balkan war in the early
1990s.
Already, the Swedish Migration Board says it is having it hard to
arrange good housing for newly arrived refugees and the problem looks
to continue.
Today, the agency has 25,000 places for asylum seekers. But 8,000 of
the places are used by people who have already obtained a residence
permit in Sweden.
The situation will become serious and even get worse as the Migration
Board has mentioned, because 60 percent of the asylum seekers today are
granted a residence permit in Sweden. That is a jump from over 30
percent who got to stay here before.
Next year, according to the Migration Board's assessment more asylum
seekers will come to Sweden as before. The Swedish Migration Board will
therefore require more money from the government to be able to acquire
more accommodations for persons seeking asylum.
But the budget proposal submitted by the government for next year looks
the opposite way. It shows instead a cut from the expected allocations.
By Scancomark.com Team